M. WENDELL WEEKS

This Harnett County native was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served in World War II during which he was a Prisoner of War and was recipient of the Purple Heart. He was a retired mail carrier with the Mount Olive Post Office.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. from Salem Advent Christian Church with the Rev. Richard Hathaway officiating. Interment will follow in Wayne Memorial Park.

He is survived by his wife, Lillian Lane Weeks of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Kennon and Sue Weeks of Mount Olive; two grandchildren, Betsy W. Gollick and husband, Allen, of Jacksonville, and Erin K. Weeks of Kinston; a great-grandson, Tanner Kenly Gollick; a sister and brother-in-law, Grace W. and W. E. Jackson of Dunn; and two sisters-in-law, Uel Weeks of Dunn and Stella Weeks of Mount Holly.